The Corner Shop is a global production studio.
Developing and producing original scripted film, TV and documentary film to bring compelling, important and culture defining stories from around the world to screens big and small.
Selected as one of the BBC’s Small Indie Funding Companies, we have won a BAFTA with Channel 4 for scripted series, How To Be A Person, written and directed by Sindha Agha, received an Emmy for best commercial, The Talk, directed by Malik Vitthal, the DOC NYC Grand Jury Prize for short documentary Holy Cowboys, directed by Varun Chopra and executive produced the Oscar-nominated short film Invincible, directed by Vincent Rene-Lortie. In 2025 we produced The Tale of Silyan from the Oscar nominated director of Honeyland Tamara Kotevska. Following premieres at Venice and TIFF the film sold to National Geographic and won best Documentary Feature film from the International Documentary Assosication and Cinema Eye Audience Award.
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The Tale of Silyan
director
Tamara Kotevska
client
Nat Geo
type
Feature Documentary
synopsis
When Nikola rescues an injured stork and names him Silyan, their improbable, quiet bond forms the emotional anchor, reflecting Nikola’s own yearning for companionship and purpose.
produced by
The Corner Shop
title
How To Be A Person - Series Trailer
director
Sindha Agha
client
Channel 4
type
TV Mini Series
synopsis
BAFTA-winning, provocative stories about being a teenager, from sex and sexuality to bodies and abortion, that radically reimagine adolescence as an era of self-acceptance - not self-loathing.
title
Cuts
director
Sarah Lewis
client
Documentary
type
Feature Documentary
synopsis
Filmed over a 28-year period, ‘No Ifs Or Buts’ delivers a vital portrait of the London barbershop ‘Cuts’ tracing personal change in the salon’s family within a context of widespread global shift.
title
Holy Cowboys
director
Varun Chopra
client
Short Film
type
Short Film
synopsis
A Hindu teen and his friends tread the bizarre world of a 'cow protection' vigilante group to end consumption of beef, exploring what it means to be a savior of the holy cow in modern day India.
title
A Dying Tree
director
Vincent René-Lortie
client
Short Film
type
Short Film
synopsis
As the day ends for a 45-year-old office worker, he encounters the mysterious gaze of a chimpanzee, sparking a silent exchange that prompts him to make an irreversible decision.
title
Invincible
director
Vincent René-Lortie
client
Short Film
type
Short Film
synopsis
Inspired by a true story, Invincible recounts the last 48 hours in the life of Marc-Antoine Bernier, a 14-year-old boy on a desperate quest for freedom.

Director's Work↓

title
Dreamers
director
Sara Dunlop
client
Channel 4
synopsis
Dance students navigate complexities of coming-of-age with joy, rawness, and irresistible choreography.
title
Dreamlands
director
Sara Dunlop
client
Short Film
synopsis
Pixie's party-filled, promiscuous existence is turned on its head when a mysterious young boy turns up in her seaside town at the dying end of the summer. Blondie's arrival blows apart her gang's regular routine, as she finds herself struggling with emotions she's never dealt with before.
title
Catch-22
director
Ellen Kuras
client
Hulu
synopsis
Limited series adaptation of the classic Joseph Heller novel. Follows Captain John Yossarian and airmen in World War II.
title
Lee
director
Ellen Kuras
client
Sky
synopsis
War correspondent Lee Miller travels to the front lines of World War II to embark on a mission to uncover the hidden truths of the Third Reich. But in the wake of betrayal, a reckoning will come over the truths of her own past.
title
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Director of Photography
Ellen Kuras
client
DOP
synopsis
When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.
title
Ma Mere et Moi
director
Emma Branderhorst
client
Short Film
synopsis
Kees wants to roam far away from home, but her mother doesn’t seem ready to let her go yet. In light of the complexity and ambivalence of their close relationship, a joint road trip develops into an emotional tour de force.
title
Spotless
director
Emma Branderhorst
client
Trailer
synopsis
In the film we follow 15-year-old Ruby. During her period, she doesn’t dare to ask her mother for tampons or sanitary pads because she knows that money is tight. She tries to fix it herself. With the film we tackle the theme of period poverty.
title
Under The Skin
director
Emma Branderhorst
client
Trailer
synopsis
Under the skin tells the story of Keesje, an introverted 15-year-old. She and her friends, Lize and Dunja, are part of a synchronized swimming team. From the outside it all looks like the perfect friendship, but behind the surface hide continuous tensions between the girls. Keesje is constantly afraid of being rejected and longs to maintain her position in the group.
title
I Love Dick Season 1
director
Joey Soloway
client
Amazon Prime
synopsis
In a Texas town, a woman becomes obsessed with one of her husband's companions and creates an art project inspired by him, a series of letters beginning "Dear Dick:"
title
Transparent Season 1
director
Joey Soloway
client
Amazon Prime
synopsis
An L.A. family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone's secrets to spill out.

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